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Tinky is my little sister's three year old leghorn x rhode island white.
Lately I noticed her abdomen was a bit "off". She is a very thin, sleek bird, but she started to develop a bit of a posture like some of my "fuller" birds - australorp x rhode island reds etc...
Her eggs (when she lays them) are oddly shaped, or have no shell, or have two shells, or a thin shell, or no yolk.
I picked her up and felt her abdomen between her legs and under her tail area, and it felt like it was full of fluid...I also noticed an ulcer/cut on her wattle, it is swollen, but it could just be from a "tuff".
I also witnessed her do this poo:
Could it be organ malfunction? An infection? She is on the older end of the spectrum for these sorts of "breeds/hybrids". (All the people around here I know who keep this sort, like Australorp x RIR and RIR x RIW and RIW x Leghorn, say they start to die off at about three) Does anyone know?
Lately I noticed her abdomen was a bit "off". She is a very thin, sleek bird, but she started to develop a bit of a posture like some of my "fuller" birds - australorp x rhode island reds etc...
Her eggs (when she lays them) are oddly shaped, or have no shell, or have two shells, or a thin shell, or no yolk.
I picked her up and felt her abdomen between her legs and under her tail area, and it felt like it was full of fluid...I also noticed an ulcer/cut on her wattle, it is swollen, but it could just be from a "tuff".
I also witnessed her do this poo:
Could it be organ malfunction? An infection? She is on the older end of the spectrum for these sorts of "breeds/hybrids". (All the people around here I know who keep this sort, like Australorp x RIR and RIR x RIW and RIW x Leghorn, say they start to die off at about three) Does anyone know?